Far to the north, in the snowy wastes of the Yukon, I met the Russians and the Sioux in battle. Sod it, that’s about all of the “After Action” report I’m going to write in the faux military memoirs style I like to affect for such posts. There’s a reason for that. There really wasn’tContinue reading “On Building Walls”
On the New Redesign
I wasn’t anxious to change the look of the website — I like Brian Gardner‘s Vertigo Red design, and I really loved his Wonderland design I used at Christmas. Yet, I’m aware of how the website is typically used by readers. There’s a core of readers who hit the website day in and day out,Continue reading “On the New Redesign”
On a Week-End Round-Up
Let’s review some of the things I’ve written about this week. On Sunday I wrote about the tenures of Doctor Who actors in the role. The more I think about it, the more it occurs to me that the ninth Doctor was never intended to be a long-term role, that Russell T. Davies needed anContinue reading “On a Week-End Round-Up”
On an Illegal Castle
A British man built a castle. Turned down for several building permits, he went ahead and built it anyway, hiding it behind a wall of hay bales. He was hoping to take advantage of a legal loophole. It looks like that argument may not fly. It’s unfortunate. It looks like a pretty nice castle. IContinue reading “On an Illegal Castle”
On Daniel Craig and James Bond
Yesterday EON Productions announced the title for the next James Bond film, the second starring Daniel Craig. “Quantum of Solace.” Speculation for months had been that EON was going to use a Fleming title from the film. Perhaps “The Hildebrand Rarity.” Or even “The Property of a Lady” (even though the bulk of that storyContinue reading “On Daniel Craig and James Bond”
On a Lankhmar Roguelike
When I was in high school, I discovered a game for MS-DOS entitled “Hack.” The concept of Hack was quite simple — you were an adventurer, you had a dog, you went down into a dungeon in search of pillage and plunder, and you fought all sorts of monsters along the way. It was aContinue reading “On a Lankhmar Roguelike”
On a Beatles Meme
Laying in bed this morning, staring at the ceiling, I realized something. Something very profound. And then I lost it. No, just kidding! 😉 What I realized is that while I’ve seen a fair number of music-based memes passed around the LJ-blogosphere, I’ve not seen a Beatles-specific music meme. The Beatles are so… big thatContinue reading “On a Beatles Meme”
On Recent GameStop Searches
A few days ago it was “pitchers.” Now, it’s GameStop and EB Games that are clogging up the search engines on the readers’ way to here. Sadly, no fun searches. Nothing humorous like “pitchers of David Tennant.” No, these are generally serious questions. People trying to figure out something, perhaps to understand something. “GameStop Trade-InContinue reading “On Recent GameStop Searches”
On Blackadder Vocabulary
It is no secret that one of my all-time favorite television series is Blackadder. I go back and forth. Sometimes Blackadder II (that being the Elizabethean Blackadder) is tops. But usually, it’s Blackadder the Third (that being the Regency Blackadder). And my top three episodes — though all six are simply sublime — would be:Continue reading “On Blackadder Vocabulary”
On Christopher Eccleston and Who Tenures
I’ve long thought that the reason Doctor Who ended in 1989 was because of a decision Peter Davison made way back in 1983 — that he was going to do three seasons and only three seasons of Doctor Who. What’s this? Six years and two Doctors later the series ended, and it’s Davison’s fault? MyContinue reading “On Christopher Eccleston and Who Tenures”